Prick Up Your Ears
Curzon Film Distributors | Release Date: May 8, 1987 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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60
EmpirePatrick Peters
A decent snapshot of pre-Beatle Britain, this is much more a fact-based gay melodrama than a trenchant portrait of Joe Orton's life, loves and art. Read full review
60
The New YorkerPauline Kael
The film is honest and watchable. But, unlike Orton, it takes no real delight in misbehaving.
50
The New York TimesVincent Canby
The film covers the main events of the Orton life in a manner that is nothing less than distracted. One has little understanding of the fatal intensity - and need - that kept Orton and Halliwell together. Read full review
50
Washington PostHal Hinson
The movie is a joyless, inconclusive affair. By not making Orton either a homosexual hero or a working-class hero, avenues that were both open to them and that lesser minds might have traveled down, the filmmakers have shown great intellectual taste. But it's not the kind of taste that's illuminating. Ultimately, they seem not to have known exactly what to make of their subject. Read full review
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